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the part of a simple sentence that follows the subject. The predicate always contains a verb and often includes an object, e.g. In the sentence A bus brings the children home after school, brings the children home after school is the predicate, brings is the verb and home is the object.
a new word, often invented to explain a new technology, e.g. They say that shale gas will be...
an essay in which something is described in detail, e.g. an event, place or person.
a form of poetry that tells a story, e.g. Ulysses (Tennyson).
a figure of speech in which an absent person or thing is addressed as if they are there and able...
a record of who attended a meeting, what was discussed at the meeting, and what was agreed upon...